David J. Smith muaj dua 30 xyoo kev ua tus kws pab tswv yim, kws qhia ua haujlwm, kws lij choj, tus tuaj hais plaub, tus kws qhia, thiab tus kws qhia. Nws tau sab laj nrog ntau dua 400 lub tsev kawm qib siab thoob tebchaws Asmeskas thiab tau muab ntau dua 500 hais txog kev thaj yeeb, kev daws teebmeem, kev ncaj ncees, thiab kev kawm thoob ntiaj teb. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub Forage Center for Peacebuilding thiab Humanity Education, Inc., 501c3 tsis-rau-nyiaj uas muaj kev kawm sim rau cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshaj lij. Yav dhau los, nws yog ib tus tub ceev xwm txoj haujlwm loj thiab ua tus thawj tswj ntawm US Institute of Peace. David tau qhia ntawv ntawm Goucher College, Tsev Kawm Qib Siab Georgetown, Towson University thiab tam sim no nyob rau Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas thiab Kev Daws Teeb Meem ntawm George Mason University. David yog ib tug US Fulbright Scholar ntawm University of Tartu (Estonia) uas nws qhia txog kev thaj yeeb kev kawm thiab kev daws teeb meem. Nws yog tus tau txais txiaj ntsig William J. Kreidler Award rau Qhov Kev Pabcuam Tshwj Xeeb rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm Qhov Kev Daws Teeb Meem los ntawm Lub Koom Haum rau Kev Daws Teeb Meem. David yog tus sau Kev Ua Haujlwm Kev Ruaj Ntseg: Tus Txheej Txheem Student's Guide To Pib Ua Ib Txoj Haujlwm Ua Haujlwm Rau Kev Kaj Siab (Ntaub Ntawv Hnub Yug Publishing 2016) thiab tus editor ntawm Peacebuilding inCommunity Colleges: Ib Qhov Kev Kawm Txuj Ci (USIP Xovxwm 2013). Thaj Chaw: peacebuilding.
